Category: Copyleft
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Aphex Twin and the morals of sampling
I didn’t know Aphex Twin‘s XTAL from the seminal electronic album Selected Ambient Works Vol 1 is based off samples from a track from Steve Jefferies, Mary Carewe & Donald Greig called Evil At Play…but in a very cool way. But the original writer says it is ‘morally wrong’ and Richard D. James just lifted…
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New Beatles via AI?
Paul McCartney has announced a final ‘new’ Beatles song, created via AI extraction – but as ever, it seems to be a response to fan-made videos doing the same thing – even the announcement came about a month after Dae Lims very moving Fab Four Artificial Intelligence recreation of a John Lennon demo ‘Grow Old…
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AI for Sample Spotting – Content ID +?
This article explores how sample spotters are using AI to detect even the tiniest of samples, leaving many music producers and artists with sleepless nights. With no legal exemption for even the smallest sample, this new form of Content ID could revolutionize the way we approach music production.
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Dua Lipa’s Levitating ASS: aka how not to copy a song
Artikal Sound System · 03 Live Your Life Future Nostalgia is apparently copying a song from 2017….eh Dua Lipa? Sound familiar? Artikal Sound System’s ‘Live Your Life’ is identical to Levitating, and was released on an EP in 2017 – called funnily enough ‘Smoke and Mirrors’. As Luxxury points out in his video, the choruses…